SUMC MLC: Mobility Learning Center: Resource Library

April 3, 2025

Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

Transit Innovation Workshop Series Workshop #1: State DOT Support for the General Transit Feed Specification

Introduction The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) hosted the first virtual workshop of a four-part series on the ways ...

10 minutes

April 3, 2025

a hand holding up a phone with a map on the screen

Credit: VTrans

Transit Innovation Workshop Series Workshop #2: How to Get From Here to There: Trip Planning Apps

Introduction The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) hosted the second virtual workshop of a four-part series on how State ...

10 minutes

April 2, 2025

Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

SUMC and AASHTO Virtual Workshop Series

SUMC partnered with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for a four-part virtual workshop series on state DOTs supporting innovative mobility

5 minutes

April 2, 2025

Open-Loop Transit Payments Summary

Open-loop payment systems on transit have gained traction in recent years. This paper highlights the development, spread, benefits, risks, and challenges of open-loop payments technology in the US.

30 minutes

January 21, 2025

light rail station with a blue and yellow Metro Transit light rail on the tracks

Credit: SUMC

A Review of Shared Mobility in 2024

The Shared-Use Mobility Center tracks trends in the shared mobility industry through knowledge-sharing, industry mobilization, and technical assistance work with communities across the US

20 minutes

January 13, 2025

Stock photo of glasses on laptop with data processing programs on screen

Credit: Kevin Ku/Pexels

The Role of Data Specifications in Creating an Interoperable Transportation System

Data specifications are the prescription or outline for how parties should convey data. They provide a common language for how transportation services share information with users.

20 minutes

December 16, 2024

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Zero Fare Transit State of the Industry

This summary highlights the lessons learned from seven zero fare transit programs in a variety of operational contexts: urban, small urban, rural, tribal, and regional urban.

30 minutes

December 9, 2024

Around two dozen bikes and reflecting vests lined up

Bikes and safety vests from Decatur’s Learn and Earn a Bike program that teach kids to ride safely with hands-on training and a bike and helmet to call their own. Credit: SUMC

USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Decatur, IL

Through TCP, Decatur is working towards advancing the City’s Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods Initiative, spearheaded by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

20 minutes

November 14, 2024

Conference participants talk to each other under a large letter M

Mobility Data Summit, Break for Networking. Credit: SUMC

Mobility Data Conference Recap

The 2024 International Mobility Data Summit brought together transit agencies, shared mobility providers, policymakers, programmers, and city officials, among others, on October 30th and 31st, 2024 in ...

5 minutes

October 29, 2024

Pictured Borja González from CMAP leading a focus group with the parent mentor program at the North Star Child Development Center. Contact facilitated by the Northwest Center

Changing Focus: Mobility Hub Design Centered on Women and Caregivers

How do we design mobility hubs to support the travel patterns and priorities of women and caregivers?

20 minutes

September 13, 2024

Connecting community transportation roadmap. A birds-eye view of a roundabout with three sections. The first section, "Planning" includes the text "Map out data standardization and identify opportunities," "Identify technology trade-offs," "understand agency operations and technical capacity," and "Identify customer transportation needs." The orange section, "Implementation" includes the text "Bring to scale," "Evaluate, learn, and adjust," "Implement," "Test with customers," "Validate TDS messages," Build TDS-compliant platform," and "Design platform." The blue "Design" section includes the text "Define scope and budget," "Define project goals," "Define use case(s)," "Secure funding," "engage software vendors," and "set performance metrics." A purple ring around the roundabout has the text "Collaborate with industry peers," "Refine the TDS through governance," and "Engage the community."

Credit: SUMC in collaboration with AARP

Connecting Community Transportation: The Transactional Data Specification

Connecting Community DRT Services

20 minutes

August 18, 2024

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What's New in Shared Mobility

The Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) has been tracking trends, developments, and news in the shared mobility industry. As we continue to explore innovations in technology and partnerships, increased interest ...

5 minutes

July 9, 2024

A woman rides a bikeshare bike with a white car in the background

A Baltimore Bike Share user. Credit: Elvert Barnes

Navigating the Future: Maryland Department of Transportation’s Support for State Micromobility Programs

Maryland DOT's support for micromobility

15 minutes

May 22, 2024

The front of a large theater building with the words "Genesee" on the front, and "Swan Lake Ballet, Medium Matt Fraser, Peter Frampton, and Brit Floyd" on the marquee

The Genesee Theater, a major attraction for downtown Waukegan. Credit: RMI

USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Waukegan, IL

The Thriving Communities Program funds tailored technical assistance to communities, helping them better access historic infrastructure investments.

15 minutes

May 14, 2024

Color rendering of Minneapolis skyline with multi-modal transportation in the foreground

Credit: SUMC

Rural and Urban Transportation Coordination

There are many reasons why rural and urban transportation organizations may want to coordinate. This technical brief prepared collaboratively by National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) and Shared-Use ...

10 minutes